The agency plans to use the electricity in a new air-con system in the second-floor rest area of the crematorium, located in suburban Taipei, but some worry that it would upset families of the deceased.

"It's creepy that the mourners are cooled by air-conditioning powered by the bodies of their relatives being burnt downstairs," Taipei City Councillor Chuang Ruei-hsiung was quoted by the Central News Agency as saying.

The crematorium would not abort the project, but would consider using the electricity for other facilities, such as the lighting system, according to Yang.

"We recycle the exhaust to reduce air pollution and protect the environment. But we will also take the relatives' feelings into account," she said.

Environmental-conscious Taiwan passed a major renewable energy bill this year as part of plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 2008 levels by 2016, and to 2000 levels by 2025.

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